1、专业英语八级模拟试卷 440（无答案）SECTION A MINI-LECTUREDirections: In this section you sill hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. Wh
2、en the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking.0 Creativity Environment I. What we do in creative thinkingA. The Explorer our role for collecting materials an
3、d informationB. (1) our role for turning materials and information into (1)_new ideasC. The Judge our role for evaluating the merits and feasibility of an ideaD. The Warrior our role for carrying (2) into action (2)_II. What kind of classroom environment we needA. Making resources available1. In the
4、 school or outside the school2. Focusing more on the skill of (3) man on knowing or not knowing (3 )_something3. Teacher is not only the provider of knowledge and information, but the facilitator of the process.B. Letting students work un-judged.1. Suspending (4) completely for the whole Artist peri
5、od (4)_2. Giving learners enough un-judged time to get lots of ideasC. Not presetting (5) (5)_1. Setting open-ended tasks and giving learners the freedom of choice2. Helping learners to learn about how to (6) (6)_D. Rearranging the classroom and timeIII. Teachers responsibilitiesA. Timing1. Unlimite
6、d time, which is inner, personal, for lateral thinking and for reflection2. Limited time, which is controlled from (7) for focused (7)_thinking, researching and actionsB. task assignment1. Giving learners a chance to act in (8) (8)_2. Or giving learners a role that we think they need to practise3. A
7、s for a more complex activity, breaking it down into tasks matching the rolesC. Celebration. Helping to reinforce the (9) atmospherre needed for (9)_creative thinkingIV. SummaryA. Neil Postman: schools deprive students of (10) in the world. (10)_B. We should try to invalidate Postmans opinion.SECTIO
8、N B INTERVIEWDirections: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.Now listen to t
9、he interview.11 According to the man, the reasons we need to talk about regret are all of the following EXCEPT（A）its common to people.（B） its an opportunity to grow.（C） its important to people.（D）its annoying people.12 Which of the following is INCORRECT about regret?（A）Its completely an opportunity
10、 if we acknowledge it.（B） Its a kind of emotion about the past.（C） Its a yearning about the future.（D）It promotes us to act.13 The difference between regret and guilt lies in（A）past and present focuses.（B） effect on action.（C） degree in emotion.（D）peoples attitude.14 According the the man, people wh
11、o are living with regrets for years should do all the following EXCEPT（A）to identify regrets.（B） to grieve regrets.（C） to consider doing something.（D）to consult experts.15 The interview mainly focuses on（A）what regret really is.（B） how to deal with regret.（C） the difference between regret and guilt.
12、（D）suggestions to people long living with regrets.SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTDirections: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. At the end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.16 What is Justice
13、Secretary Jack Straws declaration?（A）Lotfi Raissi should be released.（B） Lotfi Raissi is the victim of the heightened emotional atmosphere at the end of 2001.（C） Lotfi Raissi is eligible for compensation.（D）Compensation of hundreds of thousands of pounds should be given to Lotfi Raissi.17 What is th
14、e topic of the news?（A）The execution of a convicted murderer.（B） Firing squad execution.（C） Capital punishment.（D）American law ruling death.18 Which of the following is INCORRECT about Ronnie Lee Gardner?（A）He once wanted to escape from the prison.（B） He was convicted because of killing an attorney.
15、（C） He preferred facing a firing squad to lethal injection.（D）He is the first person in Oklahoma to face a firing squad in 14 years.19 The sharp rise of European stock markets is a result of（A）the prevention of the spreading of Greece crisis.（B） the announcement of a one-trillion-dollar internationa
16、l financial package.（C） the large gains European stock markets have made.（D）the European deal to provide loans to Europe countries.20 Why has the euro gained an interest rate?（A）It is the result of the rise of stock markets.（B） Because bank shares have risen especially strongly.（C） Because the debts
17、 of governments such as Greece and Portugal have fallen.（D）Because the central banks began to buy governments debts in the markets.20 Its disturbing to picture your kindergartner in a casino, but maybe you ought to try. American kids are born into a culture that loves its gambling, and the passion i
18、s only growing, as financial hardships sweeten the ever alluring prospect of a lucky break. The danger, of course, is that gambling can lead to compulsive gambling and compulsive gambling can be a life wrecker. Now, a new study in the Archives of Pediatrics buying lottery tickets; or placing bets on
19、 professional sports.“The majority of kids were not engaging in any of these activities,“ says Pagani, “but the fact that any of them were was unexpected.“What struck Pagani most was how predictable the identities of the gamblers were. When she referred back to the ratings from kindergarten, she fou
20、nd that every one-unit increase on the impulsivity scale correlated with a 25% jump in the likelihood a child would be gambling by sixth grade. “The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual already refers to gambling specifically as an impulse-control disorder,“ she says, citing the official text that outl
21、ines diagnostic criteria for mental disorders. “And then there were our findings showing that.“Knowing early on which children are headed for trouble can pay off in a number of ways. For one thing, it can help families wise up. Some of the parents of the kids in the study saw a little gambling as a
22、minor thing, and a number of them even bought lottery tickets for their kids as a reward for good behavior. That, clearly, sends the wrong message. “Scratch-and-win games are for adults,“ Pagani says flatly.Whats more, not only can kids behavior benefit when impulse issues are spotted early on, so c
23、an their brains. Preschool is a time when the prefrontal lobes, which are the center of executive functions and what Pagani and others call “effort control“ are just developing. The better the brain can be trained at this stage, the better it performs later in life. Pagan cites a 2007 study journal
24、Science that showed that simple attention training taught in kindergarten improved focus and concentration in later years. “You can introduce a cost-effect program and reap enormous benefits,“ she says.Pagani plans to check in with the kids in her survey again in another six years when theyre finish
25、ing high school and preparing to enter the larger world with its larger temptations. Even if they were born too late to benefit from her findings, she thinks other kids can.“We need to think of impulse-control training as a long-term investment plan,“ she says, “one that can lead to less addiction,
26、less gambling, a lower dropout rate and lower unemployment.“ Thats a far bigger payoff than youll ever get playing blackjack or craps.21 The phrase “tucked. away“ in the second paragraph means（A）gave. away.（B） cleared. away.（C） worked. away.（D）put. away.22 As to Paganis study, it can be inferred tha
27、t（A）Paganis 12-year longitudinal study on 163 kindergartners has ended.（B） the questionnaire is about students inattentiveness, scores, distractibility and hyperactivity.（C） the impulsivity scale has positive correlation with the likelihood of childrens gambling.（D）it is expected in the study that s
28、ome kids were involved in gambling.23 Which may NOT be one of the benefits of impulse-control training?（A）Encouraging more children to stay away from drugs and gambling.（B） Improving kids performance in tests.（C） Facilitating the development of prefrontal lobes.（D）Reducing the number of dropout stud
29、ents.24 All of the following are true EXCEPT that（A）attention-boosting training can improve focus and concentration at once.（B） financial pressure attracts more Americans to try their luck in gambling.（C） kindergarten is the best place to know about peoples impulsivity.（D）parents often unconsciously
30、 encourage kids to gamble.25 A suitable title for the passage would be（A）Paganis Study on Children Gambling.（B） The Need of Impulse-Control Training.（C） Saving Our Children from Gambling.（D）Spotting Future Gamblers in Kindergarten.25 It used to be said that English people take their pleasure sadly.
31、No doubt this would still be true if they had any pleasure to take, but the price of alcohol and tobacco in my country has provided sufficient external causes for melancholy. I have sometimes thought that the habit of taking pleasure sadly has crossed the Atlantic, and I have wondered what it is tha
32、t makes so many English-speaking people somber in their outlook in spite of good health and a good income.In the course of my travels in America I have been impressed by a kind of fundamental malaise which seems to me extremely common and which poses difficult problems for the social reformer. Most
33、social reformers have held the opinion that, if poverty were abolished and there were no more economic insecurity, the millennium would have arrived. But when I look at the face of people in opulent cars, whether in your country or in mine, I do not see that look of radiant happiness which the afore
34、said social reformers had led me to expect. In nine cases out of ten, I see instead a look of boredom and discontent and an almost frantic longing for something that might tickle the jaded palate.It is not only the very rich who suffer in this way. Professional men very frequently feel hopelessly th
35、warted. There is something that they long to do or some public object that they long to work for. But if they were to indulge their wishes in these respects, they fear that they would lose their livelihood. Their wives are equally unsatisfied, for their neighbor, Mrs. So-and-So, has gone ahead more
36、quickly, has a better car, a larger apartment and grander friends.When I try to understand what it is that prevents so many American from being as happy as one might expect, it seems to me that there are two causes, of which one goes much deeper than the other. The one that goes least deep is the ne
37、cessity for subservience in some large organization. If you are an energetic man with strong views as to the right way of doing the job with which you are concerned, you find yourself invariable under the orders of some big man at the top who is elderly, weary and cynical. Whenever you have a bright
38、 idea, the boss puts a stopper on it. The more energetic you are and the more vision you have, the more you will suffer from the impossibility of doing any of the things that you feel ought to be done. When you go home and moan to your wife, she tells you that you are a silly fellow and that if you
39、became the proper sort of yes-man, your income would soon be doubled. If you try divorce and remarriage it is very unlikely that there will be any change in this respect. And so you are condemned to gastric ulcers and premature old age.It was not always so. When Dr. Johnson compiled his dictionary,
40、he compiled it as he thought fit. When he felt like saying that oats is food for men in Scotland and horses in England, he said so. When he defined a fishing-rod as a stick with a fish at one end and a fool at the other, there was nobody to point out to him that a remark of this sort would damage th
41、e sale of his great work among fishermen. But if, in the present day, you are (let us say) a contributor to an encyclopedia, there is an editorial policy which is solemn, wise, and prudent, which allows no room for jokes, no place for personal preferences and no tolerance for idiosyncrasies. Everyth
42、ing has to be flattened out except where the prejudices of the editor are concerned. To these you must conform, however, little you may share them. And so you have to be content with dollars instead of creative satisfaction. And the dollars, alas, leave you sad.This brings me to major cause of unhap
43、piness, which is that most people in America act not on impulse but on some principle, and that principles upon which people act are usually based upon a false psychology and a false ethic. There is a general theory as to what makes for happiness and this theory is false. Life is concerned as a comp
44、etitive struggle in which felicity consists in getting ahead of your neighbor. The joys which are not competitive are forgotten.26 In the authors opinion, in England alcohol and tobacco may（A）throw a heavy burden on the countrys welfare program.（B） make people indulge in pleasures.（C） pose touchy pr
45、oblems for social reformers.（D）lead to despondency.27 What opinions do most social reformers hold?（A）If economic security were obtained, one would grow fidgety and berserk.（B） An ideal society is the one in which all the people were no longer afraid of poverty.（C） Poverty was the root of the peoples
46、 melancholy.（D）Great happiness and human perfection could be arrived at if and only if people learned to be content.28 What reason is implied by the author for the hopelessness of professional men?（A）They actually care more about their own life.（B） Their wives are not satisfied with them.（C） Their n
47、eighbors have better life.（D）They want to serve the public, but they are not able to.29 What is the main cause of unhappiness for many Americans in the authors view?（A）The energy and the genius are always confined by someone.（B） Lack of freedom and stimuli makes people unsatisfied with life.（C） Peop
48、le are obsessed by the thought of getting ahead of their neighbors.（D）People tend to act on dubious principles. 30 What is the authors tone in this article?（A）Stony.（B） Sarcastic.（C） Cheerful.（D）Prudent.30 The advantage of associating the birth of democracy with the Mayflower Compact is that it is e
49、asy to do so. The public believes a simple explanation that on November 11, 1620, when the compact was approved, a cornerstone of American democracy was laid. Certainly it makes it easier on schoolchildren. Making the start of democracy in 1620 relieves students of the responsibility of knowing what happened in the hundred some years before, from the arrival of the Santa Maria to the landing of the Mayflower.Surely, the compact demonstrated the Englishmans striking capacity for
